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WASHINGTON CATHEDRAL FROM SOUTH-EAST 
(from the Architect's 'Drawing) 

OUR ancestors of the Church 
,„.^„.. of England landed on these 

^atlJypJJral shores in the faith of their fore- 
fathers. They brought with 
them love of Church and State. 

Washington Cathedral will tell in stone the 
story of the Christian's creed. It will stand 
on Mount St. Alban as an outward symbol of 
the faith once for all delivered to the saints. 

A National Cathedral, it will stand perma- 
nently in the sight of all men as a token of 
the national motto : ''In God we trust." 

For Church and Country; 
For God and the State. 

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DIAGONAL VIEW OF THE NAVE 

(From Architect's Drawing) 



Gift 
Mr. John Hyde 
MAR 1 6 1926 



HE purpose of building a 
Sllf? Pitrpoar -L Cathedral at Washington 
is that we may have in the Cap- 
ital of the Nation a witness for Christ; a 
House of Prayer for all People; a National 
Cathedral and the most beautiful House of 
God, which human devotion has as yet raised 
to the glory of His holy Name. 



TO carry out this purpose, a 
_,^ charter was granted by Congress, 

January 6, 1893, creating "the 
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation 
of the District of Columbia" for the promo- 
tion of religion, education and charity. The 
property of the Cathedral Foundation is 
vested in a Board of fifteen Trustees, called 
"The Chapter," which has the regulation of 
its aff'airs. The Bishop of Washington is a 
member of the Board and must always be its 
Chairman. Seven members of the Board arc 
Clergymen, namely, the Dean and six Canons. 
These constitute the Presbytery of the Chap- 
ter. The Bishop has power to appoint titu- 
lar Canons. 



1893. Epiphany, Charter of the Cathedral granted. 

1895. Diocese of Washington founded. 

1896.. Annunciation. Consecration of Bishop Satterlee. 

1898. Cathedral land bought ; Peace Cross raised. 

1899. Ascension. Laying Corner-stone, Girls' School. 

1900. Ascention. Dedication of Girls' School. 

1901. Ascension. Raising of Glastonbury Cathedra. 

1902. Ascension. Dedication of Little Sanctuary. 

1903. Ascension. Pan-American Open Air Service. 

1904. Ascension. Consecration of the Jordan Font. 

1905. Ascension. Laying Corner-stone, Boys' School. 

1906. Ascension. Hallowing of the Cathedral Close. 

1907. Ascension. Dedication of the Boys' School. 
Michaelmas. Laying of Foundation Stone. 

1908. February 22d. Death of Bishop Satterlee. 
Ascension. Breaking ground for Bethlehem Chapel. 

1909. St. Paul's Day. Consecration of Bishop Harding. 
Ascension. Opening of Boys' School. 

1910. Ascension. First Service on Cathedral Fabric. 

All Saints'. Laying Corner-stone Bethlehem Chapel. 

1911. Ascension. Tenth Anniversary of Open Air Service. 

1912. St. Philip and St. James. Bethlehem Chapel opened. 

1913. Memorial Service Spanish War Veterans. 

1914. Ascension. Dedication Bishop's House and Chapel. 

1915. Memorial Service Grand Army of the Republic. 

1916. Ascension. Installation of Dean of Washington. 

1917. Ascension. Laying Corner-stone, Whitby Hall. 

1918. Easter Day. Dedication of Book of Remembrance. 

1919. Eve of St. Michael and All Angels. People's Peace 

Service at the Peace Cross. 
All Saints' (Octave). Bethlehem Chapel consecrated. 

1920. All Saints'. Unveiling of Bishop Satterlee Monument. 

1921. November 13tjh. Service of Intercession for the 

Conference on the Limitation of Armament. 



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OUNT ST. ALBAN, a most 
0l|^ ^ttP l^A commanding eminence 400 
feet above the city, about as far 
from the White House and the United States 
Treasury as Westminster Abbey is from the 
Bank of England, was selected as the site for 
the Cathedral. The area is a thousand feet 
square, approximately the same as that of the 
Temple plateau at Jerusalem. With the co- 
operation of thousands from all parts of the 
country, the land was finally secured. This 
was commemorated by the Landmark, 
erected when the Close was hallowed. This 
is now recognized as one of the great 
cathedral sites of the world. 




THE LANDMARK 

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mu^ra^iUMisU^^nn^^ fi^st completed portion 
OlhapH -** ^^ ^h^ Cathedral to be built? 
was the Bethlehem Chapel. It 
forms the crypt and preaches in stone the 
Virgin Birth of our blessed Lord. Our 
hearts are warmed by the Christmas story as 
we feel the mute influence of its windows and 
arches. The exquisite beauty of the Chapel 
is an earnest of the greater glory of the 
Cathedral to be. Except for those around 
the Peace Cross, the Cathedral services are 
held daily in this Chapel. The evening ser- 
vices are choral. The recumbent figure of 
Bishop Satterlee, made of English alabaster, 
has been placed at the eastern end of the 
Chapel. The monument was designed by Mr. 
W. D. Caroe, of London, who planned the 
monuments of Archbishop Benson and Arch- 
bishop Temple in Canterbury Cathedral. 

On All Saints' Day, 1917, the body of Mr. 
Henry Vaughan, architect of the Cathedral, 
was laid at rest in the crypt, and on Novem- 
ber 7, 1919, the bodies of Bishop and Mrs. 
Claggett were translated to the crypt. 



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THE BETHLEHEM CHAPEL 
(Altar and Reredos) 






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VIEW OF THE APSE FROM THE NORTH 



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ISING above the Bethlehem 
®ljF Apfif-*^^ Chapel is the second com- 
pleted portion of the Cathedral. 
It was the gift of Mrs. Archibald D. Russell, 
in memory of her mother, Mrs. Percy R. 
Pyne. Within the Apse is the Sanctuary, 
every detail of which has been fully provided 
for by the generosity of Mrs. Russell. The 
great windows, the varied carvings of walls, 
arches and spandrils will embody every por- 
tion of the Te Deum. The parapet of the 
Apse catches up the voices of the city's mul- 
titude as the voice of many waters, and 
echoes back the loud acclaim, ''Alleluia, the 
Lord God Omnipotent Reigneth, Alleluia." 




VIEW OF THE APSE FROM THE EAST 

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THIS preaching cross is 
^ a central feature of the 

Cathedral Close. It was 
raised not only to mark the foundation of thi) 
Cathedral, but to commemorate the first 
meeting of the General Convention in Wash- 
ington and as a memorial of peace with 
Spain. 

Before the Cross the fair city is spread out, 
the Capitol being the central point of vision 
in the distance. The Open-air services are 
held around the Peace Cross. Multitudes 
attend these services, which attest the mis- 
sionary character of the Cathedral. 



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ARD by stands the 
lLi)t mutlp ^attrtnaru A A Little Sanctuary. 
It contains for the 
present the Jerusalem Altar, the Glaston- 
bury Cathedra, or Bishop's Throne, the 
Ambon, or Pulpit, constructed from stones 
from Canterbury Cathedral. 

The Little Sanctuary is used as the Chapej 
for the Boys' School. 



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PEACE CROSS 




BISHOP'S HOUSE 

'0 the north of the 
QIll^ Italyop fi Bo«0^ X Peace Cross is the 
Bishop's House and 
Chapel, the gift of Mrs. S. E. Murray in 
memory of her daughter, Mabel Murray. 
The style of the building is Tudor; it was 
designed by Mr. Henry Vaughan. 



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HIS temporary building 
Ull^p iBaptistrrii X contains the Jordan Font, 
paved with stones from the 
holy river. From the center rises a life-size 
figure of our Lord, with an infant in His 
arms. The font is made of pure white 
Carrara marble. 

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THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS 



MRS. Harriet Lane 
_,^, ., ^^ _,,,^^, Johnston, the niece 

of President Buchanan, 
bequeathed $300,000 to make possible this 
most important part of the educational 
system of the Cathedral. One-half of her 
benefaction was for the endowment and the 
other half was for the erection of the school 
building. 

The bequest was made in memory of her 
two sons, James Buchanan Johnston and 
Henry Elliot Johnston. 

The motto, "Pro Ecclesia et pro Patria": 
For Church and Country, is cut into the 
corner-stone of the School. 

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HE stately building on 
®Ijr Oitrls* ^rl|ool X the opposite side of the 
Close, is the generous gift 
of the late Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst, of Cali- 
fornia. Its purpose is to afford our young 
women the opportunity for the highest de- 
velopment of mind and heart. Almost every 
State in the Union is represented here as well 
as foreign countries. The growth has been 
such that Whitby Hall was built nearby in 
1917. The noble spirit of the School is car- 
ried out in its motto: **Nisi Dominus 
frustra": Without the Lord's help all is 
vain. 




THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS 
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VIEW OF NORTH TRANSEPT 

(From Architect's Drawing) 



MEMORIALS of the just 
, ^,^-,-^ have ever gone up be- 

att& fore God a sweet savour in 

A ilmorial His presence. He has put it 

into the hearts of the faithful 

to will to perform good deeds and has blessed 

and accepted them, when done for the glory 

of His most holy Name. 

The story of Washington Cathedral records 
the memorials before God made by those who 
in faith and by prayer have worked for the 
building of the Cathedral. In His Book of 
Remembrance (doubt it not) all works of 
faith, all ventures of love, are written. 
Those who build and adorn God's House are 
accounted worthy of Christ's favour, as they 
perform acts of faith and love which are had 
in remembrance in the sight of God. 

The names of those who have done so on 
behalf of this Cathedral are recorded as well 
in its own "Book of Remembrance." 



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Stm^ttHtnttfi Maaljtn^tntt QIatl|firal 

Total length of Cathedral, outside 

measurement 500 ft. 

V/idth of Cathedral, outside 

measurement 135 ft. 

Width at Transepts, outside measurement. . . .215 ft. 

Width of Choir, outside measurement 105 ft. 

Width of Western Towers 124 ft. 

Width of Nave, from center of columns 45 ft. 

Width of Nave, inside measurement 39 ft. 

Width of Inner Aisle 25 ft. 

Width of Outer Aisle 15 ft. 

Outer Aisle Bays, depth, north to south 15 ft. 

Width, east to west 18 ft. 

Choir, from Choir Arch to East End, inside 

measurement 167 ft. 

Width, inside, pier to pier 45 ft. 

Height of Front T^owers, from grade 195 ft. 

Height of Central Tower, from grade 262 ft. 

Height above sea level 644 ft. 

Height of Nave, grade to ridge of roof 134 ft. 

Floor to vaulting, inside 95 ft. 

Height of Inner Aisle, floor to vaulting 45 ft. 

Height of Outer Aisle, floor to vaulting 20 ft. 

Height of Bronze Cross on Apse, above grade. 156 It. 
Height above sea level 536 ft. 



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GROUND PLAN 



EatttttatF of Qlofltfi 

Foundation (Remainder) $300,000.00 

Choir 703,312.00 

Central Tower and Crossing 1,299,248.00 

North Transept 849,300.00 

Vestibule and North Entrance Steps.. 58,860.00 

South Transept 870,842.00 

South Entrance Steps 55,680.00 

1st Bay of Nave 159,930.00 

2nd Bay of Nave 159,930.00 

3rd Bay of Nave 159,930.00 

4th Bay of Nave 181,000.00 

5th Bay of Nave 181,000.00 

6th Bay of Nave 159,930.00 

7th Bay of Nave 159,930.00 

8th Bay of Nave 159,930.00 

9th Bay of Nave 159,930.00 

West End including Towers 1,390,110.00 

Baptistery 221,868.00 

Administration Building, including ves- 
tries, Sacristies, Choir Rooms and 

Offices 886,512.00 

Chapter House 171,204.00 

$8,288,434.00 



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i>ummarg nf CStfta nnb If quf ata 

1000-1921 

For the purchase of land 
for the building of the 
fabric and other Cath- 
edral objects $1,709,196.28 

For the Peace Cross, the 
Little Sanctuary, the 
Jerusalem Altar, the 
Jordan Font and Baptis- 
tery, the Glastonbury 
Cathedra, ' the Canter- 
bury Ambon 32,911.24 

For the Girls' School 227,113.35 

For the Boys' School 300,000.00 

For the Bishop's House.. 50,275.07 

For the Administration 

Building 4,831.00 

For Windows and Me- 
morials 27,977.25 

Endowments 596,316.30 



Total $2i948,620.49 



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President 

The Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding, D.D. LL.D, 

Bishop of Washington 

Dean 

The Very Rev. G. C. F. Bratenahl, D.D. 

Canons 

Rt. Rev. James DeWolf Perry, D.D. 

Rt. Rev. Philip M. Rhinelander, D.D. 

Rev. William L. DeVries, Ph.D., Chancellor 

Rev. James E. Freeman, D.D, 

Lay Members 

Charles C. Glover, Esq. 

Charles J. Bell, Esq. 

William C. Rives, M.D. 

Hon, Henry White, LL.D. 

Corcoran Thom, Esq., Treasurer 

James Parmelee, Esq, 
WiLLrAM Holland Wilmer, M.D. 

(Eatlir^ral i>taff 

The Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding, D.D., LL.D. 

Bishop of Washington 

The Very Rev. G. C, F. Bratenahl, D.D., Dean 

The Rev. W. L. DeVries, Ph.D., Chancellor 

The Rev. J. Tovvnsend Russell, D.D., 

Canon Residentiary 
The Rev. Waldkn AIver, ALA., Canon Residentiary 
The Rev. Hknrv Russell Talbot, B.D„ 

Canon Residentiarx 
The Rev. Walter A. Mitchell. Minor Canon 
The Rev. Wm. Tayloe Snyder, LL.M,, Minor Canon 



The Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding, D. D. Bishop of Washington 

President (Ex officio) 
The Rt. Rev. William T. Manning, D. D. Honorary Canon 
The Members of the Chapter and. 
The Rev. C. S. Abbott 
The Rev. J. W. Austin 
The Rev. E. L. Birchby 
The Rev. T. J. Brown 
The Rev. George F. Dudley, D. D. 
The Rev. E. S. Dunlap 
The Rev. H. A. Griffith 
The Rev. L. R. Levering 
The Rev. C. E. McAllister 
The Rev. Walter A. Mitchell, B. D. 
Canon Walden Myer 
The Rev. G. Freeland Peter 
The Rev. C. E. Smith, D. D., D. C. L. 
The Rev. George Williamson Smith, D. D. 
The Rev. H. S. Smith, D. D. 
The Rev. C. R. Stetson, D. D. 
Canon Wm. Tayloe Snyder, Secretary. 
The Rev. Robert Talbot, D. D. 
The Rev. E. M. Thompson 
The Rev. C. T. Warner 
Mr. Byron S. Adams 
Dr. Marcus Benjamin 
Mr. H. P. Blair 
Mr. H. M. Bowen 
Mr. A. S. Browne 
Mr. J. Holds worth Gordon 
Mr. S. E. Kramer 
Mr. F. D. Roosevelt 
Mr. H. L. Rust 
Mr. E. L. Stock 
Adm. C. H. Stockton, U. S. N. 
Mr. L. A. Wilmer 

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(§t&tBrB of lExtattng (HommittttB of tljr Afiaortatinn 

ALABAMA 

Mrs. R. H. Pearson, 1224 Iroquois Street, Birmingham. 

ALBANY 

Mrs. Bayard VanRensselaer, 385 State Street. 

ANNAPOLIS, MD. 

Mrs. T. W. Johnson, 55 Franklin Street. 

ARKANSAS 

Mr. R. M. Butterfield, 1623 Arch Street, Little Rock. 

ATLANTA 

Mr. R. J. Thiesen, 20 Ponce de Leon Avenue. 

BUFFALO 

Dr. Charles Van Bergen, 869 Delaware Avenue. 

CENTRAL NEW YORK 

Miss Lucy C. Watson, 270 Genesee Sti-eet, Utica. 

CHICAGO 

Mr. Lynden Evans, 35 N. Dearborn Street. 

COLORADO 

Mrs. Fosdick Jones, 1331 E. 7th Avenue, Denver. 

CONNECTICUT 

Miss Katharine M. Barnes, Ridgefield. 

DALLAS 

Mr. L. E. Mooney, Security State Bank, Fort Worth, Texas. 

FLORIDA 

Mr. J. Marshall Braxton, 1331 Laura Street, Jacksonville. 
Mrs. Helen M. Christy, U. S. Naval Air Station, Pensacola. 

INDIANAPOLIS 

Miss Margaret Ridgely, 1420 North Meridian Street. 

KENTUCKY 

Mrs. Swagar Sherley. 943 Cherokee Road. Louisville. 
MACON 

Mrs. Tracy Baxter. Care of T. D. Tinsley. 555 College St. 

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MASSACHUSETTS 

Miss Mabel Sturgis, 63 Beacon Street, Boston. 

MICHIGAN 

Mr. Lewis H. Paddock. 2148 Penobscot Building, Detroit. 

MISSOURI 

Mrs. Hudson E. Bridge, 23 Westmoreland Place, St. Louis. 

NEW YORK 

Honorable Henry White, 2 West 52nd Street. 
OHIO 

Mrs. James R. Garfield, 3328 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. 
OREGON 

Mrs. John S. Parke, 811 Johnson Street, Portland. 

PENNSYLVANIA 

Rt. Rev. Philip M. Rhinelander, D. D., Church House, 
202 South 19th Street, Philadelphia. 

PITTSBURGH 

Rev. Edward S. Travers, D. D., 920 Western Avenue, N. S. 
RHODE ISLAND 

Mrs. Wilber E. Wilder, 1601 R St. NW, Washington, D. C. 

SAVANNAH 

Mrs. Ralston Lattimore, 209 E. 52nd Street. 

SOUTHAMPTON 

Mrs. A. B. Claflin, Hotel Ritz Carlton, New York. 

SOUTH CAROLINA 

Mrs. J. Adger Smyth, 14 Lagare Street, Charleston. 

SOUTHERN OHIO 

Mr. Alfred O. Elzner, Citizens National Bank Building. 
Cincinnati. 
TEXAS 

Mr. Samuel McNeill, 1507 Fannin Street, Houston. 

WASHINGTON 

Mrs. W. C. Rives, 1702 Rhode Island Avenue, N. W. 



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_, . "CIFTEEN years ago the present 

®lj^ Kppmi A Bishop of Washington faced 

the task of beginning the Cathedral 
fabric. During this period the Crypt, the Bethlehem 
Chapel and the Apse— in all one-fourteenth of the 
structure — have been built. 

The time is opportune fqr the completion of the 
building. This can be accomplished within the next 
five years, if sufficient offerings and gifts for the 
purpose are made. These offerings and gifts will 
come by God's blessing through the prayers and 
sympathetic, cooperative interest of the whole 
Church. Gifts for this purpose may be made as a 
thankoffering, or a memorial, and the name of the 
donor, or that of the person to be commemorated, 
will be recorded in the Book of Remembrance. 

Committees of the National Cathedral Associa^ 
tion have been formed already in many Dioceses. 
These committees have been most active in ac- 
complishing much toward the speedy completion of 
the Cathedral. It is most desirable to have at least 
one Committee in every diocese in this Country, 
that there may be a full realization of a national 
and united Church, visible and potent for righteous- 
ness m the Capital of our Nation. Due largely to 
mdividual gifts and the efforts of these Committees 
work has now been resumed. In less than two years 
the foundation? of the whole of the Cathedral proper 
win have been laid and a portion of the Choir built. 
Everyone interested is invited to join the National 
Cathedral Association. (See Membership Cer- 
tificate, page 28.) This is done by making a con- 
tribution of any sum, large or small, and sending 
your name and address to the Dean, Mt. St. Alban, 
Washington D. C. 

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1. By faithful, earnest prayer for its speedy 
building. 

2. By taking Foundation Builders' Certificates. 

3. By joining the National Cathedral Association. 

4. By liberal gifts for the Building Fund. 

5. By legacies. (Legal title: the Protestant 
Episcopal Cathedral Foundation of the District of 
Columbia.) 

6. By inducing others to do any or all of the 
foregoing. 

7. By arranging for an offering in your home 
Church on National Cathedral Sunday (near Feb- 
ruary 22nd or July 4th each year). 



(EatljFiral SIttfralur? 

Cathedral handbooks, guide-books and leaflets ex- 
plaining the objects and work of the National 
Cathedral Association, the Foundation Builders' 
Certificates and other matters concerning the 
Cathedral, the raising of funds for its building, etc., 
may be had on application to the Dean. 

The Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding, D.D., LL.D. 

Bishop of ]Vashington 

Cathedral Close 

Washington, D. C, 

The Very Rev. G. C. F. Bratenahl, D.D. 

Dean 

Cathedral Offices 

Mount St. Alban, Washington, D. C. 

Corcoran Thom, Esq. 
Treasurer 
American Security & Trust Co., 
Washington, D. C. 




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Form of ^fiBtumBntwcQ ]9tB)ui0tttott 

PERSONAL PROPERTY 

I give and bequeath to the PROTESTANT EPIS- 
COPAL CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION, of the 
District of Columbia, a body corporate, the 
sum of Dollars. 



REAL ESTATE 

I give and devise to the PROTESTANT EPIS- 
COPAL CATHEDRAL FOUNDATION, of the 
District of Columbia,- a body corporate, and its 
successors, forever 



In the District of Columbia a will of either per- 
sonal or real estate should be attested and subscribed 
in the presence of the testator, by at least two 
credible witnesses. 



hry Sunday: 

Holy Communion '^•30 A. M. 

Morning Prayer and Litany 10.00 A. M. 

Holy Communion and Sermon 11.00 A. M. 

People's Evensong and Sermon 4.00 P. M. 

Every Week Day: on i^ tu 

Evening Prayer 4.30 1 . M. 

Every Thursday and Holy Day: 

Holy Communion 7 . 30 A. M. 



Sundays, Ascension Day to Michaelmas 

(weather permitting) 

Evensong and Sermon 4.00 P. LI 









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